Secretary for Environment and Ecology

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Special Administrative Region

Secretary for Environment and Ecology
{{lang|zh|環境及生態局局長}}

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|incumbent = Tse Chin-wan

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nomination by Chief Executive

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|inaugural = Gordon Siu
Secretary for Planning, the Environment and Lands
Edward Yau
Secretary for the Environment

|formation = 1 July 1997
1 July 2007

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|salary = HK$4,021,200 per annum{{cite web|url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201612/12/P2016121200324.htm|title=Remuneration package for Politically Appointed Officials serving in fifth-term HKSAR Government|website=Government of Hong Kong|date=12 December 2016|accessdate=27 January 2022}}{{outdated inline|date=December 2022}}

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The Secretary for Environment and Ecology ({{zh|環境及生態局局長}}) of the Hong Kong Government is responsible for environment protection policy in Hong Kong. The position was created most recently in 2007 as the Secretary for the Environment to replace portions of the previous portfolio of Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works.

On 1 July 2022, the position renamed with the absorption of the food and environmental hygiene portfolio from the Secretary for Food and Health.

The position was renamed various times to include different portfolios, including Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works ({{zh|t=環境運輸及工務局局長}}), who heads the Environment, Transport and Works Bureau of the Hong Kong Government, responsible for public works projects, transport related issues and environmental protection.

List of office holders

Political party: {{legend2|{{party color|Nonpartisan}}|Nonpartisan|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

=Secretaries for the Environment, 1973–1981=

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align=center| 180pxJames Jeavons Robson
盧秉信
June 1973June 1976rowspan=2| Sir Murray MacLehose
{{small|(1971–1982)}}
align=center| 280pxDerek Jones
鍾信
June 1976August 1981

=Secretaries for Lands and Works, 1981–1989=

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! width=180px| Name

! width=180px colspan=2| Term of office

! width=150px| Governor

! Ref

rowspan=2 align=center| 1rowspan=2 | 80pxrowspan=2 | David Wylie McDonald
麥德霖
rowspan=2 | September 1981rowspan=2 | July 1983Sir Murray MacLehose
{{small|(1971–1982)}}
rowspan=2 |
rowspan=3| Sir Edward Youde
{{small|(1982–1986)}}
align=center| 280pxChan Nai-keong
陳乃強
July 198315 August 1986{{cite journal |title=G.N. 2930 of 1986 |journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette |date=29 August 1986 |volume=128 |pages=3966, 4048}}
rowspan=2 align=center| 3rowspan=2| 80pxrowspan=2| Graham Barnes
班禮士
rowspan=2| 16 August 1986rowspan=2| 31 August 1989rowspan=2 |
Sir David Wilson
{{small|(1987–1992)}}

=Secretaries for Planning, Environment and Lands, 1989–1997=

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! width=180px| Name

! width=180px colspan=2| Term of office

! width=120px| Governor

! Ref

align=center| 180pxGraham Barnes
班禮士
1 September 198931 March 1992rowspan=2| Sir David Wilson
{{small|(1987–1992)}}
rowspan=2 align=center| 2rowspan=2 | 80pxrowspan=2 | Anthony Gordon Eason
伊信
rowspan=2 | 1 April 1992rowspan=2 | May 1995
rowspan=2| Chris Patten
{{small|(1992–1997)}}
align=center| 380pxBowen Joseph Leung
梁寶榮
15 May 199530 June 1997

=Secretaries for Planning, Environment and Lands, 1997–1999=

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! width=180px| Name

! width=180px colspan=2| Term of office

! width=80px | Duration

! width=120px| Chief Executive

! Term

! Ref

bgcolor={{party color|Nonpartisan}} align=center| 180pxBowen Joseph Leung Po-wing
梁寶榮
1 July 199714 November 1998{{Age in years and days|1997|7|1|1998|1|14}}rowspan=2| Tung Chee-hwa
{{small|(1997–2005)}}
rowspan=2 align=center|1
bgcolor={{party color|Nonpartisan}} align=center| 280pxGordon Siu Kwing-chue
蕭炯柱
21 January 199931 December 1999{{Age in years and days|1999|1|21|1999|12|31}}

; Planning affairs were handled by the Secretary for Planning and Lands between 2000 and 2002.

=Secretaries for the Environment and Food, 2000–2002=

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bgcolor={{party color|Nonpartisan}} align=center| 180pxLily Yam Kwan Pui-ying
任關佩英
1 July 200030 June 2002{{Age in years and days|2000|7|1|2002|6|30}}Tung Chee-hwa
{{small|(1997–2005)}}
align=center|1

=Secretaries for the Environment, Transport and Works, 2002–2007=

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! width=180px| Name

! width=180px colspan=2| Term of office

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! width=120px| Chief Executive

! Term

! Ref

rowspan=2 bgcolor={{party color|Nonpartisan}} align=center| 1rowspan=2 | 80pxrowspan=2 | Sarah Liao Sau-tung
廖秀冬
rowspan=2 | 1 July 2002rowspan=2 | 30 June 2007rowspan=2 | {{Age in years and days|2002|7|1|2007|6|30}}Tung Chee-hwa
{{small|(1997–2005)}}
align=center|2
Donald Tsang
{{small|(2005–2012)}}
align=center|2

=Secretaries for the Environment, 2007–2022=

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! width=180px| Name

! width=180px colspan=2| Term of office

! width=80px | Duration

! width=120px| Chief Executive

! Term

! Ref

bgcolor={{party color|Nonpartisan}} align=center| 180pxEdward Yau Tang-wah
邱騰華
1 July 200730 June 2012{{Age in years and days|2007|7|1|2012|6|30|duration=on}}Donald Tsang
{{small|(2005–2012)}}
align=center|3
bgcolor={{party color|Nonpartisan}} align=center rowspan=2 | 2rowspan=2 | 80pxrowspan=2 | Wong Kam-sing
黃錦星
rowspan=2 | 1 July 2012rowspan=2 | 30 June 2022rowspan=2 | {{Age in years and days|2012|7|1|2022|6|30|duration=on}}Leung Chun-ying
{{small|(2012–2017)}}
align=center|4
Carrie Lam
{{small|(2017–2022)}}
align=center|5

=Secretaries for Environment and Ecology, 2022–present=

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| Tse Chin-wan
謝展寰

1 July 2022Incumbent{{Age in years and days|2022|7|1}}John Lee
{{small|(2022–present)}}
align=center|6

See also

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